gulgullum

Akkadian

𒄢𒄢 𒀀𒉿𒅆 (gulgul awīlim)

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gulgullum

𒄢𒄢𒈝 (gulgullum)

𒌋𒅗 (muḫḫum)

𒅆 (īnum)

𒅗 (appum)

𒅗 (pûm)

𒋢𒊌𒌈 (suqtum)

isum

𒉿 (uznum)

𒊕𒆠 (nakkaptum)

𒍣 (napištum)

𒄘 (kišādum)

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𒇿

𒇿 (pagrum)

Etymology

Cognate with Arabic جُمْجُمَة (jumjuma) and Biblical Hebrew גֻּלְגֹּ֫לֶת (gulgólɛṯ). Compare also Egyptian

(ḏꜣḏꜣ, “head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡulˈɡul.lum/

Noun

gulgullum m (construct state gulgul, plural gulgullū or gulgullātum f) (from Old Babylonian on)

1. skull
2. (Neo-Babylonian) container shaped like a human skull

Alternative forms

• gulgullu (non-mimated)
• gulgullatum, gulgullatu

Cuneiform spellings

Phonetic
𒄢𒄢𒇻 (gul-gul-lu) (genitive) 𒄢𒄢𒅆 (gul-gul-lim) (genitive) 𒄢𒄢𒇷 (gul-gul-li) 𒄢𒄢𒆷𒌈 (gul-gul-la-tum) (genitive) 𒄖𒌌𒄖𒌌𒆷𒁴 (gu-ul-gu-ul-la-tim) (genitive) 𒄢𒄢𒆷𒋾 (gul-gul-la-ti)

References

• “gulgullu”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “gulgullu(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library